<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Shooter</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ut1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't know of any theologian who translates "and the dead in Christ shall rise first" into "Dead in the belief of Christ."</div></div>

First of all, I don't listen to any theologian, I listen to the Holy word god provided for me. Listening to preachers blindly is not what the Lord wanted from us.


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ut1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">


Besides that, there will be 144,000 Jews who have been set apart for this period of time, which many theologians believe are set aside to evangelize the world at that time.
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Evangilize when? during tribulation after the "rapture"? Why would there be anyone here to evanelize if the Lord has taken all Christians, and withdrawn the Holy Spirit? How could they possibly be saved then?

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Ah, now we're getting to the heart of the matter. Not listen to the anointed of God, the messengers He has called specifically to preach to the world? Listen to them blindly? I've been a Christian for 40 years, and have taught the Bible, by the leadership of the Holy Spirit, for 30 years. I don't blindly listen to anyone BUT the Holy Spirit. That's why you keep your Bible open when listening to preachers, to see if they really are preaching from the Word of God.
If you deny that there will be a great number saved during the Tribulation, then you are denying the very Word of God. How can they possibly be saved? BY THE POWER OF THE MOST HOLY GOD, THAT'S HOW!!